The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-20

a man who builds factories, and controls labor.
and develops the country In the elevator at
the Kimball House the conductor pushed
back two ladies and an old lady and gentleman,
saving roughly. '.Wait till the next trip; the
elevator is full" and then suddenly catching
sight Of an old no account ex-official of
you step in, GOVERNOR" This feeling is carried
to such men as JEFF Davis. Nobody knows bet
ter than these Southern people, and mono of the
Southern people know it better than the elo-
ouent Mr. Henry W. Grady, that jeff Davis is
an old nuisance hurting the South, beyond
doubt. very seriously, and that tho best service
he could do her would be to retire from public
gaze and print permanently, or. if unable to do
that, to kick the bucket silently and gracefully
Still. brother Grady will persist in comparing
him to Jesus Christ. and the people of Atlanta
in many cases ornamented their houses and bust
ness blocks with his picture
The rebel flag was in form, figure. design and
texture. rather uncertain and variable article
There were five different designs adopted and
approved for 1t by the confederate government
the last being adopted but q few months before
the fall OF the Confederacy. The ignorant
people of the far-back plantations carried almost
anything in the form of flag that would serve
their purpose of distinguishing their banner
from the Stars and Stripes-that is. the one
bearing the stars of the undivided union and the
stripes of red white and blue. There ono
thing. however. that distinguished every con-
federate flag +. no matter how peculiar Ta
was the fact that the confederate flags
never. under any circumstances, bore the blue.
That color was looked upon as the hated fed
eral blue" the Yankee blue" and so far did the
hatred Of that color the representative color
of the North, shown in the National uniform,
6 that the general designation OF open antago-
nists was "blue-bellied Yankees"
When jeff Davis made his parade through the
South a while ago confederate flags were thick
enough and everybody wore carried one
much of that being done in a spirit OF good-na-
tured mischief. In tho great parade of
the Southern military before jeff Davis two
years ago in Savannah. scores OF State flags were
~aA hxvo ny,1x tvriAA thn Nnfyn al Ho
seen. and one of those times it was carried by
stray company from northwestern State. the
only time that any air except Dixie" 'Bonnie
Blue Flag" and my Maryland" was played in
that great review was when Dubuque drum
corps came marching up playing Yankee
Doodle" the first time Yankee Doodle" had
been heard in Savannah since the Revolution.
The display Of flags of the ex-Confederacy
the occasion of the first pulling out of jeff
Davis from his confederate winding sheets was
smiled upon indulgently in the North. helped
to broaden the smile. At least tried to. But the
exhibition of confederate flags to celebrate the
presence of Grover Cleveland. the first Demo-
cratic President in quarter of century. the
country north of Mason and Dxon's line was
not inclined TO look upon so indulgently. It was
left to Atlanta to do the first thing in this line.
To-day. over the porch of private house. No.
II Wheat street. hangs a flag which was just
as near being the old confederate flag. adopted
by their Congress-, as could be and miss point.
1t had three broad bars, red, white and red, and
a field with circle of stars. And here came
the point. There were thirteen stars. instead
of eleven That enables the people who flung
out the flag to call it colonia! flag, though
colony ever had such flag. The fact is, the
three bars red, white and red, have the sig
nific ance.
The States rights South does not care much
about the stars that represent the individual
States. The three bars the significant
things To emphasize the significance of the
flag there WAS one other decoration, and only
one. Upon the back of the gallery was picture
of jeff Davis, beautifully displayed floral
decoration of evergreen. There another
case where a rebel flag shown. The flag
was the original Beauregard banner, and the
one that became most familiar to the Northern
men in battle. 1t the red, white and red
cross, and close copy of the cross of St.
George the famous flag of England This flag
was adopted when highlands more than active
support was needed, ana an alabama" or two
were needed. and prospect of becoming q part
of monarchy was not so far from the plans of
the marplots who led the disastrous way to Sc
cessIop.
Nobody cared for these flags when jeff Davis
was deck and strutting his brief hour upon
the stage. They laughed at them, and ex-con-
federates and ex -federals joined in the laugh.
But to begin the display Of them to celebrate
the political progress of Grover Cleveland is an
other matter. In the Ivy-street the flag in
question was joined by a large. handsome nation
al flag, which, parted from it, made the arch of
entrance The hanging out of the rebel flag
Wheat street seemed to be the work of a nice
looking old lady who appeared to enjoy the at
tention the flag attracted and the excitement it
produced, especially among the Northern people
passing.